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1992 (O) 77

Date of the judgment (decision)

1996.03.08

Case Number

1992 (O) 77

Reporter

Minshu Vol.50, No.3, at 408

Title

Judgment concerning the criterion of illegality set forth in Article1, Paragraph 1 of the State Redress Law applicable to the detention of a suspect by a judicial police officer

Case name

Case to claim damages

Result

Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, quashed with judgment rendered by the Supreme Court

Court of the Prior Instance

Osaka High Court, Judgment of September 27, 1991

Summary of the judgment (decision)

The detention of a suspect by a judicial police officer should be reviewed in terms of illegality in the context of Article 1, paragraph 1 of the State Redress Law, provided that in connection with the procedures for a judicial police officer to decide whether or not it is necessary to detain a suspect according to the provisions set forth in Article 203, paragraph 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure in consideration of evidence obtained in the course of investigation comprehensively, there are circumstances found to show that the officer decided to detain the suspect although the absence of rational grounds thereof is objectively apparent.

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Reasons

Presiding Judge

Justice Fukuda Hiroshi
Justice OHNISHI Katsuya
Justice NEGISHI Shigeharu
Justice KAWAI Shinichi

(This translation is provisional and subject to revision.)